playlist for March 31, 2007
host/producer Mark R. Thomas
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Øystein Sevåg
Global House
Song From the Planet
Windham
Hill Records
Music from the Global Rhythms sampler
Chieftains: Boil
the Breakfast Early (from The Essential Chieftains)
W e begin this evening with a couple of tunes from
the Global Rhythms sampler. The
first by a group that had its beginnings in 1962; The Chieftains celebrate
45 years together with Paddy Maloney, still at the helm. Their new
double cd features 18 classic Chieftain tunes and Disc 2 includes
17 all-star duets with the likes of Sting, Elvis Costello, Sinead
O'Connor and many more. This is a "Boil the Breakfast Early."
Global
Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
Nanny
Assis
Double Rainbow
Double Rainbow
Blue
Toucan Music
Artist
website: www.nannyassis.com
Nanny Assis started his career as a drummer
and percussionist but branched-out while attending the Federal School
of Arts and Music in Bahia, Brazil. Nanny is well known throughout
the world of Brazilian music.
Chambao
Pokito a Poko
Dibujo En El Aire
www.chambao.es
The third release by Chambao is an incredible fusion of flamenco and
hip hop sensibilities. The included DVD takes the viewer to all-night
revelry on a remote stretch of sand dunes, presumably some where in
the south of Spain.
Indialucia
Indialucia
Nagpur (Sevillenas/Dhur)
RaSa
Music
A new musical fusion merging Flamenco with Indian classical music.
Its a fusion with foundation in the legends of both the Gitano and
Rajput peoples.
Putumayo
World Music
Women of the World - Acoustic
Tamara Obrovac: Tuca'
La Louna (Croatia)
Putumayo
Records
Putumayo World Music put out a new recording
that explores contemporary acoustic music by some of the world's leading
female artists, to celebrate the United Nations, International Women's
Day (March 8th) Featuring a number of female vocalists that have been
on previous World Beat programs including : Marta Topferova (Czech
Republic), Lura (Cape Verde), Anastasia Moutsatsou (Greece), Marta
Gomez (Columbia).
Darlene
Koldenhoven
Infinite Voice
Song of my Soul)
TimeArt
Recordings
Artist website:
DarleneKoldenhoven.com
Darlene Koldenhoven is a classically
trained singer with a five-octave range. She is most widely recognized
as the memorable vocal soloist, seen by a 1.5 billion worldwide audience
on the PBS special, Yanni, Live at the Acropolis. Darlene Koldenhoven
vocally improvises in classical and non-classical styles. She also
as composes, writes lyrics and plays keyboards.
Lawrence
Blatt
Out of the Woodwork
Jason's Party
LMB Music
Artist website: Lawrence
Blatt
cdbaby.com/LawrenceBlatt
Music from guitarist, Lawrence Blatt, an independent musician based
in the San Francisco Bay area. On his new cd, "Out of the Woodwork
Lawrence plays a custom steel-string guitar made by luthier, Edward
Victor Dick and a small bodied-12-fret parlor guitar by Kathy
Wingert
Karl
Maddison
Tibetan Groove
Wishing Wheel
Gemini
Sun Records
tunes floating on a sonic ocean
of synth and sweet guitar licks driven by the hypnotic percussive
pulse of authentic Tibetan instruments. Its the kind of music that
enables one to sit back, chill-out and imagine a cool-breeze blowing
your hair as you contemplate the dazzling spectacle of a pristine
Himalayan plateau.
Alex
E. Smith, Cheevers Toppah, Nitanis "Kit" Lanry
Harmony Nights
Dookóóslííd
Canyon
Records
Sweet harmonies of Native American
music from Grammy nominated singers Alex E. Smith and Cheevers Toppah
who are joined by Nitanis "Kit" Landry and featuring special
guests Louie Gonnie, Anthony Wakeman and Thunder Hill.
Arvel
Bird, Will Clipman, Mary Redhouse & William Eaton
Ananeah
Path Made of Rainbow
Singing
Wolf Records
Artist
website: Arvel Bird
Virtuoso
Native American fiddler, Arvel Bird, percussionist extrordinaire ,
Will Clipman, Native American
Vocalist, Mary Redhouse
& Grammy-nominated luthier
wizard,
William Eaton
take Native American music to a new level.
Ojos
de Brujo
Techari
Suttanas de Merkaillo
Six
Degrees Records
"Recipients
of 2004 BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music"
Ojo de Brujo reflect both Spanish and Gypsy roots while fusing the
driving rhythms of flamenco with hip-hip, ragga and funk.
Putumayo
World Music
A New Groove
Cat Empire: The
Lost Song (Australia)
Putumayo
Records
"A New Groove" is a recent offering
from Putumayo World Music exploring an eclectic collection of cool
tracks and underground music.
Francisco
Céspedes & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Con El Permiso De Bola
Drumé Negríta
Six
Degrees Records
Francisco
Céspedes is an original song stylist who's Cuban boleros have
spawned a new a unique style known as fílin
or literally "feeling," his style is best known as "bolero
jazz." We will hear the song Drumé
Negríta, recorded in Havana, Cuba.
Various
Artists
Backspin
A Six Degrees 10 Year Aniversary Project
The
Real Tuesday Weld: The
Day Before You Came
Six
Degrees Records
"The
Day Before You Came"
by The Real Tuesday Weld really caught my ear and I was tempted to
go looking for more information on the Web. What I found was
the infamous Radio
Clerkenwell podcasts, a musical and radio mystery theatre on Blogspot.com
that
kept my interest through all 8 podcasts.
Shaman's
Dream
Dance: Dream: Dance:
Istanbul Dubphonics
Sounds
True
Artist
website: Shamans Dream
Music
Virtuoso
electronic music
fusion of Ancient instruments, rhythms and tonalities with modern
electronic sounds
Amrit
Kirtan
Sacred Circles
Waah Yantee
Spirit
Voyage Records
An ethereal Kirtan praise song to the triple
aspects of the One.
Spirit Voyage in on the
road with their "Celebrate
Peace Concerts" World
Tour 2007
featuring the music of Snatam
Kaur and Guru Ganesha Singh.
Luna
Blanca
Guitar Island
Island Reggae
Confido
Artist
website: Luna
Blanca
Luna
Blanca is a group from Germany that plays a creative mix between the
latin stylings of Ottmar Liebert, Govi, and the rhythms of the Gypsy
Kings... staple sounds, here on The World Beat. Richard Hecks plays
the lead guitar on an instrument by the luthier, Hermann
Hauser III.
Ijahlar
Life
Reggae Music
Firehouse
Productions
Artist
website: Ijahlar.com
Ijahlar is the first band based on the
Island of Antigua.
Tony
Tuff
Say Something
Fulfillment Time - with Smokie Benz
Minor7Flat5.com
Reggae & Dancehall veteran,Tony Tuff,
from Kingston Jamaica, has a new cd with 14 fine roots reggae tracks.
Turbulence
Do Good
I Believe
Minor7Flat5.com
13 new exclusive track album by Turbulence
born Sheldon Campbell. The 2nd album for producer Brotherman is full
of finest modern Roots and has two combinations featuring Luciano
& Higher Trod Family.
Noiseshaper
Real to Reel
Moving Together
- featuring Wayne Martin
Miracle
Sounds
Music
from a new collection of dub/reggae & downbeat music by Noiseshaper
and featured guest vocalists including: Ari Up, G.Rizo, Jackie Dean,
Vido Jelashee I, Wayne Martin, Juggla, MC Shureshock, and Jahcoustic.
Music
from the Global Rhythms sampler
Source W/Abdoulaye Diabaté:
Manquez Pas
One of the artists featured on the May
Global Rhythms sampler.
Global
Rhythm - World Music, Culture & Lifestyle
Putumayo
World Music
Putumayo World Party
Laurent Hounsavi: Mindé
Sè (Benin)
Putumayo
Records
World Party is the latest offering from
Putumayo World Music. It includes party tracks from around the world
including Italy, Martinique, Denmark, Ghana, Haiti, and Algeria, along
with the Jamaica group Burning Spear, Los Pinguos of Argentina, a
hoppin' track from Beau Jocque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, of the USA
and this track by Laurent Hounsavi, of Benin.
Somi
Red Soil in My Eyes
Mbabazi
World
Village Music
Somi was born of Ugandan and Rwandese parents,
she lived in Zambia, Kenya, and Tanzania, but grew-up mostly in the
USA. She sings in a jazz style and performs widely in NYC. Somi was
invited to tour fifteen African countries, sponsored by the International
French Cultural Center. Ten percent of the sales of "Red Soil
in my Eyes" will be donated to
SURF, Rwandan Survivors Fund.
Vusi Mahlasela
Guiding Star
Jabala
ATO
Records
Artist
website: Vusi Mahlasela
Vusi Mahlasela used his songs and distinctive
voice as a powerful instrument for change during South Africa's tumultuous
recent history. We will hear a couple of powerful songs from Vusi
Mahlasela featuring fellow South Africans Xavier Rudd and Dave Matthews.
Tinariwen
Aman Iman (water is life)
Matadjem Yinmixan
World
Village Music
In the Tamashek language of the Toureg, Saharan
nomads from Mali, Tinariwen
means "empty spaces." The group Tinariwen was formed in
a rebel camp run by Libyan strongman, Muammar Gaddafi,
over two decades
ago, and has been making music in the desert ever since. Their use
of electric guitars was a first in a vast Saharran region where power
is only sporadically available. Their hypnotic desert-blues features
call-and-response vocals among the extended group. Underground cassettes
of their spellbinding music has counseled anti-violence and ethnic
pride among the youth of their war-torn region for over twenty years.
Listen now to music from the deserts beyond Timbuktu...
Amanar
type fonts of the Toureg by Pierre
di Sciullo
World
Beat Pick of the Month
Taffetas
Fanta
Fanta (title track)
RaSa
Music
Ibrahima Galissa on Kora and Marc Liebeskind on guitar and shik-guitar
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